The Municipal Chief Executive for Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region, Alhaji Umar Bodinga has disclosed to that, more than 2,500 houses in the municipality do not have a building permit.
According to the MCE, one need a building permit before a structure is raise and after building, it required registering in order to pay for property rate fees.
Alhaji Babs Bodinga adds, they are going to meet and educate the owners of those houses on how important it is to pay their property rate tax to the Assembly because they need revenue to run the Assembly.
This came to light when the Assembly embarked on revenue mobilization exercise on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. A move he said will help them to get enough money to run and manage the Assembly.
Alhaji Umar Bodinga told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that after engaging the owners of those houses they have up till the end of the year 2022 to start paying their fees other than that they will be made to face the law.
He mentioned that, they will ensure every property in Abuakwa North land is registered and pay it taxes to the Assembly.
He stated that, after the revenue mobilization exercise encounter with market women in the municipality, they agreed to pay their tax to the assembly.
“The Assembly has built 128 stores at Tafo market and I let them know that we used this small money we collected from them to built it and they started praising me for using the money to do an infrastructure projects.”
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnews.
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